Another year, another reinvigorating experience at the latest ACE Producers Content Development Workshop in Helsinki! I delivered my 3-day Advanced Development Workshop to a lively group of 18 experienced feature film producers from 13 different Creative Europe supported countries, as well as one Australian and two Canadian colleagues. Marco Alessi – Dugong – Italy “Li muerti” by Massimiliano Verdesca Francesca Andreoli – tempesta – Italy “Valley of Thieves” by Caterina Carone Christophe Audeguis – the cup of tea – France “Ducks” by Neary Adeline Hay Daniel Bekerman – Scythia Films – Canada “The Eden Express” Director TBD Maria Blicharska – Donten & Lacroix Films – Poland/France “Comrades” by Olivier Patte and Rafael Lewandowski Katja Draaijer – Baldr Film – The Netherlands “Alpha” by Jan-Willem van Ewijk Sophie Erbs – Cinema Defacto – France “The Hunt of the Puma” by Marcela Said Alise Ģelze – Tasse Film – Latvia “Lovable” by Stanislavs Tokalovs Dyveke Graver – Oslo Pictures – Norway “A Prayer for the Dying” by Dara Van Dusen Milos Lochman – moloko film – Czech Republic “The Nightsiren” by Tereza Nvotová Mike MacMillan – Lithium Studios Productions – Canada “I Will Not Go Quietly” Director TBD. Jan Macola – Mimesis Film – Czech Republic “Resurrections” by Petr Vaclav Alan Maher – Marcie Films – Ireland “Chronicle in Time” by Andrew Legge Emily Morgan – Quiddity Films – UK “White” by Emily Young Elli Toivoniemi – Tuffi Films – Finland “Love of Wolves” by Zaida Bergroth Izabella Tzenkova – Kotva Films – Bulgaria/USA “Serenity” by Aslihan Unaldi Alexander Wadouh – Chromosom Films – Germany “Mission” Director TBD Michael Wrenn – Invisible Republic – Australia “These Kingdoms” by Shane Danielsen

We were then joined by other ACE consultants to discuss the producers’ projects, both on the creative and financial sides. Many thanks to Jacobine van der Vloed (ACE Director & Head of Studies) and Antoine Simkine (ACE President) for their kind invitation and to everyone involved for making this experience another memorable one! For more information on the ACE 28 producers, please click on either of the group pictures above. For more information on the ACE Producers network, based in Amsterdam, please click on the logo below: Note: if you've attended this 3-day Advanced Development Workshop in Helsinki, make sure you register before the end of October 2018 to access the online documentation. Detailed instructions are available here.